I think the game is pretty active. I'm still a casual player so I find it quite chaotic on the battlefield and still don't know my way around any of the maps, but I have racked up some nice kills that encourage me to play more.

I have always found great servers to join (realism mode) even though the game seems to never keep them in my favorite tab for some reason. It's a more interesting gaming experience than other multiplayers I've played. I recommend it.

It's a sweet experience to find that great sniping spot unseen by the enemy and having the chance to take out three or four enemies in a row (with a bolt action rifle, no less), especially after you've been brutalized by a machine gunner for half a dozen spawns while trying to figure out where the incoming fire is coming from.

Get Rising Storm. If you buy RS, you get RO2 multiplayer FREE. DO NOT BUY RO2 OVER RISING STORM IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY BOTH. Buying Red Orchestra 2 only gives you a "trial" Version of Rising Storm and you can only play rifleman, you get "Single Player" but it's basically a practice mode to know what you're doing. Buying RISING STORM, gives you BOTH multiplayers allowing you to pick which front you want to play in, for about the same pice.

you can easily check out how many players are in game at any time in any steam game just by going to the "all" tab , before the "discussions" tab up on the left.... It displays the amount of players in game at that particular time.